"detonation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɛtəˈneɪʃən/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-detonation.wav Forms: detonations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From French détonation; equivalent to detonate + -ion. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|détonation}} French détonation, {{suffix|en|detonate|ion}} detonate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} detonation (countable and uncountable, plural detonations)
  1. (chemistry) An explosion or sudden report made by the near-instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances. Specifically, combustion that spreads supersonically via shock compression. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-detonation-en-noun--~wNFKHN Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (chemistry) An explosion or sudden report made by the near-instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances. Specifically, combustion that spreads supersonically via shock compression.
    (by extension) Any sudden explosion made by an exothermic process (whether chemical or not) that produces a supersonic shock wave.
    Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-detonation-en-noun-UPoask83 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  3. (mechanical engineering) Engine knocking, a type of improper combustion in gasoline piston engines. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mechanical engineering Translations (mechanical engineering: engine knocking, a type of improper combustion in gasoline piston engines): detonáció (Hungarian), kopogás (Hungarian), detonacja [feminine] (Polish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: combustion, decomposition Derived forms: antidetonation, autodetonation, carbon detonation, detonation cord, pulse detonation engine, rotating detonation engine, sympathetic detonation Related terms: detonate, detonator Translations (an explosion): تَفْجِير (tafjīr) [masculine] (Arabic), взрив (vzriv) [masculine] (Bulgarian), експлозия (eksplozija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), избухване (izbuhvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), detonació [feminine] (Catalan), 爆炸 (bàozhà) (Chinese Mandarin), brag (Danish), eksplosion (Danish), knald (Danish), räjähdys (Finnish), paukku (Finnish), pamahdus (Finnish), détonation [feminine] (French), Detonation [feminine] (German), detonáció (Hungarian), robbanás (Hungarian), durranás (Hungarian), dörej (Hungarian), robbantás (note: as a result of purposeful activity) (Hungarian), madhmadh [masculine] (Irish), detonazione [feminine] (Italian), 爆轟 (bakugō) (alt: ばくごう) (Japanese), detonacja [feminine] (Polish), detonação [feminine] (Portuguese), detonare [feminine] (Romanian), explodare [feminine] (Romanian), explozie [feminine] (Romanian), detonație (Romanian), детона́ция (detonácija) [feminine] (Russian), взрыв (vzryv) [masculine] (Russian), detonación [feminine] (Spanish), detonation [common-gender] (Swedish), taniad [masculine] (Welsh)
Disambiguation of 'an explosion': 49 49 2

Inflected forms

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